Barack Obama-Adolf Hitler comparisons

January 13, 2015 |Compiled by Houston Chronicle

Perhaps Godwin's Law applies to the presidential office as well?

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In September, Slate reported that Sen. Ted Cruz had compared his fellow Republicans' fight against Obamacare to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's strategy of appeasement with Adolf Hitler. "Look, we saw in Britain, Neville Chamberlain, who told the British people, 'Accept the Nazis. Yes, they'll dominate the continent of Europe, but that's not our problem. Let's appease them. Why? Because it can't be done. We can't possibly stand against them.' And in America there were voices that listened to that. I expect those same pundits who say it can't be done, had it been in the 1940s, we would have listened to them."

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In September, Slate reported that Sen. Ted Cruz had compared his fellow Republicans' fight against Obamacare to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's strategy of appeasement with Adolf Hitler. "Look, we saw in Britain, Neville Chamberlain, who told the British people, 'Accept the Nazis. Yes, they'll dominate the continent of Europe, but that's not our problem. Let's appease them. Why? Because it can't be done. We can't possibly stand against them.' And in America there were voices that listened to that. I expect those same pundits who say it can't be done, had it been in the 1940s, we would have listened to them."